by Sean Davis. Who is the REAL public servant here? The arrest of a New York man for disabling red light cameras poses a
vital question that all Americans must answer: is this Son of Liberty a
great hero, or the greatest hero? Stephen Ruth, a 42-year-old New Yorker, was arrested earlier this week for neutering red camera lights, which act as automated ... MORE
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Showing posts with label surveillance. Show all posts
California: Protect Your Driver's License Privacy
by Jeremy Gillula and Dave Maass. The California Legislature wants the DMV to start issuing “Enhanced Driver Licenses” (EDL), similar to a REAL ID, that contain an RFID tag that could expose information about you from up to 30 feet away. We need your help to bring S.B. 249 to a screeching halt by calling or emailing your state legislator today. ... MORE
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Big Government Update:The California Gas Restriction Act Of 2015 Spells The End Of Privacy For California Drivers
Big Brother is watching. The California Gas Restriction Act of 2015, Senate Bill 350, not only is a reckless political agenda but one that will raise costs drastically in California, burden the State with yet more regulations, and eliminate citizens’ privacy. Regulators now have a plan to monitor personal driving data that can be used to enforce gas ... MORE
Baltimore Attorneys Reviewing 2,000 Cases Where Police Secretly Used Phone Tracking Devices On Petty Criminals
by Wils Robinson. Lawyers in Baltimore are challenging almost 2,000 criminal cases where police secretly used cell phone tracking devices. Defense attorneys will reportedly ask the judge to 'throw out' a number of the cases where cops tracked down a suspect with stingray and reopen a 'large number' of others. It is a device that acts as a cellphone ... MORE
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Orwellian Justice Upholds NSA Spying on Americans: Court of Appeals Upholds Unconstitutional Mass Surveillance
by Stephen Lendman. Virtually unrestricted NSA data mining tramples on Fourth Amendment rights brazenly. In December 2013, Federal District Court of the District of Columbia Judge Richard Leon ruled NSA spying unconstitutional, saying: The threshold issue is whether plaintiffs have a reasonable expectation of privacy that is violated when the ... MORE
Common Core: Who's Watching the Kids?
by Mary Anne Marcella and Cort Wrotnowski. Common Core is about more than just a shift in educational standards. The architects of Common Core have always planned to integrate computer technology with Common Core standards under the guise of “closing the digital divide” and “preparing our children for the 21st-century workplace.” They ... MORE
Ron Paul: The Seamless Web Of Liberty
Toward a free society. Many people think the Internal Revenue Service was violating civil liberties when it harassed tea party groups. After all, the groups were targeted because they wanted to exercise their civil liberty to challenge government policies. However, the specific issue in the IRS case was the groups’ application for tax-exempt status, ... MORE
Steve Weis: When Curtains Block Justice
A parody of “When Phone Encryption Blocks Justice”. In June, a laptop was stolen
from a bedroom on a Monday afternoon in Palo Alto, CA, a suburb 15 miles
south of San Francisco. There were no witnesses to the larceny, and no
surveillance footage either. With a laptop thief on the loose and few leads at their disposal, investigators ... MORE
AT&T Has “Partnership” With NSA To Spy On US Internet
by Clayton Browne. Your world delivered. The most recent release of secret documents by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden
makes it clear that telecom giant AT&T has been actively
cooperating with the NSA in its large scale program to spy on the
internet traffic of Americans. Based on the documents, it appears that AT&T has been ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: Chris Christie vs. Rand Paul
Or, King George vs. Thomas Jefferson. The dust-up between New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul over presidential fidelity to the Constitution – particularly the Fourth Amendment – was the most illuminating two minutes of the Republican debate last week. It is a well-regarded historical truism that the Fourth Amendment was ... MORE
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Chris Christie And Rand Paul Reflect The Clash Between The GOP's Authoritarian And Libertarian Tendencies
by Jacob Sullum. One of the most telling moments in last week's Republican presidential debate came when moderator Megyn Kelly asked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to defend his position that Rand Paul, the Kentucky senator, should be held responsible for the next terrorist attack on Americans because he opposes the National Security Agency's ... MORE
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Nico Sell: It’s Time To Build The Private Web
A place for private communication and uncensored info. The establishment of the U.S. Postal Service was one of the most visionary civil liberties ideas of its time. It was deeply rooted in George Washington’s belief that a strong state and society can only exist if every citizen has access to uncensored information and can freely communicate, ... MORE
NSA Grooming And Recruiting Children To Be Hackers
by William Lawler. Recruitment posters show multiple young people placing their hands on a basketball sized earth as digital streams flow around the planet. The image conveys the distinct impression that these children control the world utilizing technology. This may be a powerful draw for children viewing the poster. Of course it does not hurt ... MORE
Paul Rosenberg: Why You Must Dump Microsoft NOW
"they redefined their operating system to be spyware." I’ve written about dumping Microsoft before
– and I stand by those comments – but the newest outrage from Redmond
forces me to it again. I don’t care how “inconvenient” you think it may
be, you have to stop enriching Microsoft. NOW. Yes, I have serious issues with Apple too, but ... MORE
Local Gov'ts Are Increasingly Poking Through Your Garbage
by Jenna McLaughlin. "Nothing is safe, not even our trash." Civil libertarians are worried about an increasingly common form of domestic surveillance that has nothing to do with listening to your phone calls or reading your emails; it has to do with looking through your garbage. Municipalities across the United States are implementing ... MORE
Bill Perna: Why Some Americans Hate Edward Snowden
We can no longer be in denial. Edward Snowden's actions confronts us with a vexing problem. Because of Snowden's actions we are now burdened with the knowledge and evidence that we live in a surveillance state. We are confronted with our complacency. A fundamental question begs an answer. What does it now mean to be an American? ... MORE
We Are All Terror Suspects Under The FBI’s Program
by Thomas S. Neuberger. What Big Brother is looking for. If you engage in any of the following activities, you could be on a terrorism watch list: Make suspicious comments regarding anti‑US, radical theology, vague or cryptic warnings that suggest or appear to endorse the use of violence in support of a cause. Make unusual comments ... MORE
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John W. Whitehead: Freedom Or The Slaughterhouse?
The American Police State from A to Z. For those whose minds have been short-circuited into believing the candy-coated propaganda peddled by the politicians, here is an A-to-Z, back-to-the-basics primer of what life in the United States of America is really all about. A is for the AMERICAN POLICE STATE. As I point out in my book ... MORE
The FBI Wants The Key to Your Data: Is Gov't-Resistant Encryption An Intolerable Threat To Public Safety?
by Jacob Sullum. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, FBI Director James Comey argued that data should never be transmitted or stored in a way that frustrates government snooping. Comey warned that encryption is a boon to criminals and therefore must be designed so that law enforcement agencies can decode it ... MORE
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